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Yesterday's Great Oil Tax Debate.Alaska Dispatch Story by Alex DeMarban. Doug Smith (NGP Photo-R below), president and CEO of oilfield subcontractor Little Red Services, said after the debate he was concerned to see both sides misuse data. But Bill Wielechowski (NGP Photo-L above) seemed to do most of the misusing, by relying excessively on outdated information, Smith said. ... Malcolm Roberts (NGP Photo-L below), a member of a group called Backbone that opposes Senate Bill 21, said Halcro never rebutted many of Wielechowski's arguments. Roberts took issue with a key point offered by Andrew Halcro (NGP Photo-R above), who had blasted Wielechowski for failing to mention that massive overspending by the state will soon put the treasury in negative territory. (Fairbanks News Miner/AP version.)

The US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources tells us that, "On Thursday, March 7 (Dirksen 366 at 10 a.m.), the full Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to consider the nomination of Sally Jewell to be the new Secretary of the Interior. This is the first nomination hearing under the leadership of Chairman Ron Wyden (NGP Photo), D-Ore. The Administration announced its decision to nominate Jewell earlier this month.

Sacramento Bee. Speaking at the "Fuelling the Future: Global Opportunities for LNG in BC" conference in Vancouver, Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) told the audience that there is momentum in the right direction for success in the LNG sector. "Everything is happening. Progress is being made on essential regulatory issues. Pipeline routes in from the gas fields are taking shape. Competition is mounting. Opportunity is emerging," said Mr. Prentice.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will launch a series of hearings next month to examine how a true all-of-the-above American energy production plan on federal lands and waters can help create jobs and lower prices.

On Tuesday, March 5th, the Subcommittee will hold a hearing focusing on offshore energy resources and a subsequent hearing on Thursday, March 14th will focus on onshore energy resources. Both hearings will examine the abundance of America’s energy resources on federal lands and waters that could be available to help lower prices and create jobs if the Obama Administration removed their jobs destroying red-tape and bureaucratic obstacles to federal energy production. Recently, a report projected significant growth in jobs and economic activity - $14.4 trillion GDP increase, almost 2 million jobs created, and $2.7 trillion in federal tax revenues - that would result from increased energy production on federal lands.

“The facts are clear that increased energy production on federal lands and waters would create millions of jobs, significantly benefit the economy and help lower gasoline prices for American families. For four years President Obama has ignored the job creating potential of increased energy production on federal lands and waters—event while energy jobs, mostly on state and private lands, have increased 26 percent since 2008,”said Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn. “Gasoline prices in some parts of the country are already at record highs, but Americans shouldn’t have to go through this price shock rollercoaster every year. President Obama should embrace America’s abundant energy resources, open up more federal lands and waters for energy production to lower gasoline prices and put Americans back to work.”